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Observations from the Charleston Vendor Showcase

Reflecting on the Charleston Conference Vendor Showcase @lisalibrarian share what she did — and didn’t — see.

  • By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
  • Nov 21, 2023
  • 14 Comments

Open Access and Sales Revenue Can Co-Exist

A new research study finds that open access monographs can generate significant revenue — both on the print side and digitally. 

  • By Laura Brown, Erich van Rijn, Roger C. Schonfeld, John Sherer
  • Sep 21, 2023
  • 15 Comments

Some Observations from Charleston (Open Access Edition):

Thoughts on open access (OA) from the perspectives of both the publisher and library communities at the Charleston Meeting.

  • By Roy Kaufman
  • Dec 8, 2022
  • 1 Comment

Annual Reviews’ Subscribe To Open: From Idea To Full Adoption

Annual Reviews will offer their journals as Subscribe to Open. Come read our interview with Richard Gallagher, President and Editor-in-Chief.

  • By Ann Michael
  • Apr 28, 2022
  • 3 Comments

Subscribe to Open (S2O): An Interview Post in Two Parts (Part 1)

Robert Harington interviews a number of experts with a few burning questions on the Subscribe to Open (S2O) model in a two part post, part one appearing here:

  • By Robert Harington
  • Jul 28, 2021
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Guest Post — Subscribe to Open: The Why, The How and The What Now?!

The International Water Association is going to flip its entire journal portfolio to open access via a Subscriber to Open model. Here’s how they plan to make it a success.

  • By Sara Bosshart, Rod Cookson, Philipp Hess
  • Dec 8, 2020
  • 18 Comments

Sustainable Open Access – What’s Next? 

How can collective action models to support open access, like Subscribe to Open, be applied to academic publishing? An interview with Raym Crow.

  • By Ann Michael
  • Aug 27, 2020
  • 17 Comments

Seeking Sustainability: Publishing Models for an Open Access Age

Open access, scholarly publishing, business models, and sustainability. The past is prologue. The present is complex. @lisalibrarian provides SSP a primer.

  • By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
  • Apr 7, 2020
  • 12 Comments

Subscribe to Open: A Mutual Assurance Approach to Open Access 

As the success of Subscribe to Open grows, what are the benefits and limitations of the model? 

  • By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
  • Mar 9, 2020
  • 25 Comments

Scholarly Societies: The Importance of Community

In this article Robert Harington describes how scholarly societies are an indelible part of the research and support system for academics across many disciplines. Robert suggests rather than requiring societies to seek alternative revenue streams beyond publishing, why not turn that argument on its head and more fully support society and academic community life?

  • By Robert Harington
  • Feb 3, 2020
  • 7 Comments

Subscribe To Open: Annual Reviews’ Take on Open Access

Subscribe To Open: Explore how Annual Reviews plans to leverage subscription payments for gated access journals to convert and sustain the journals as Open Access.

  • By Ann Michael
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • 22 Comments

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